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Residents urge Billings council to adopt nondiscrimination ordinance amid recent hate incidents
Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment urged the Billings City Council to take up a nondiscrimination ordinance (NDO), citing recent hate incidents, local history with the Not In Our Town movement, and gaps in protections for LGBTQ and other groups.
Several residents used the public‑comment period at the Billings City Council work session to press the newly sworn council to consider adopting a nondiscrimination ordinance that would add local protections and clarify enforcement for hate‑motivated incidents.
Tucker Colvin, who lives in the North Park neighborhood, said he had compiled a report on hate and discrimination and would share it with council members. “A nondiscrimination ordinance provides a…
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